Avedon quotation

nov1804 from Lloyd Erlick,

I came across this the other day.
--le



from “The New Yorker” magazine, Nov 1, 2004 issue (this
quote contained in an advertisement by Saks Fifth
Avenue):


Richard Avedon, 1923-2004:

"I’ve worked out a series of no’s. No to exquisite
light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction
of poses or narrative. And all these no’s force me to
the “yes.” I have a white background. I have the person
I’m interested in and the thing that happens between
us."













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That pretty much tells the whole story. I'm sorry but I like making ordinary people
look beautiful rather than making extraordinary people look ugly.

Lloyd Usenet-Erlick wrote:

nov1804 from Lloyd Erlick,

I came across this the other day.
--le

from “The New Yorker” magazine, Nov 1, 2004 issue (this
quote contained in an advertisement by Saks Fifth
Avenue):

Richard Avedon, 1923-2004:

"I’ve worked out a series of no’s. No to exquisite
light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction
of poses or narrative. And all these no’s force me to
the “yes.” I have a white background. I have the person
I’m interested in and the thing that happens between
us."

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"Lloyd Usenet-Erlick" Lloyd at @the-wire. dot com wrote in message
...

Richard Avedon, 1923-2004:

"I've worked out a series of no's. No to exquisite
light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction
of poses or narrative. And all these no's force me to
the "yes." I have a white background. I have the person
I'm interested in and the thing that happens between
us."

When your work comes under the public discourse of photographic art, you can
make a statement, too. Do that.

wrote:

That pretty much tells the whole story. I'm sorry but I like making ordinary people
look beautiful rather than making extraordinary people look ugly.

Art isn't always pretty, and _some_ people are just
plain ugly...

Sorry, I had to say it. Most "extraordinary" people
simply get a good make up artist. Avedon stripped
all the glamor BS away.

Lloyd Usenet-Erlick wrote:

nov1804 from Lloyd Erlick,

I came across this the other day.
--le

from “The New Yorker” magazine, Nov 1, 2004 issue (this
quote contained in an advertisement by Saks Fifth
Avenue):

Richard Avedon, 1923-2004:

"I’ve worked out a series of no’s. No to exquisite
light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction
of poses or narrative. And all these no’s force me to
the “yes.” I have a white background. I have the person
I’m interested in and the thing that happens between
us."

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Lloyd Usenet-Erlick Lloyd at @the-wire. dot com wrote in message . ..
nov1804 from Lloyd Erlick,

I came across this the other day.
--le



from ?The New Yorker? magazine, Nov 1, 2004 issue (this
quote contained in an advertisement by Saks Fifth
Avenue):


Richard Avedon, 1923-2004:


Who gives a **** what Avedon thought?

Lloyd Usenet-Erlick Lloyd at @the-wire. dot com wrote in message . ..


Avedon pioneered the use of soft-box light for black-and-white, an
unmitigated disaster.

Look at this crap:

http://www.bjsmusic.com/whatday.jpg

http://www.bjsmusic.com/jemap.jpg


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg